Sourcing Manager/ Category Manager
A nationally recognised public sector infrastructure organisation is expanding its procurement function and needs multiple experienced Strategic Sourcing Managers to lead high-value, over-threshold sourcing programmes.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced procurement professional looking to step into a more strategic position. This role includes complex, high-value, over-threshold sourcing projects that directly shape how one of the UK’s most important infrastructure organisations operates – backed by a government-approved, multi-billion-pound investment programme running through to 2029. The team is collaborative, the culture genuinely prioritises developing its people, and progression is real – this organisation promotes from within, with a clear path for growth.
What’s on Offer
- Travel: 75% subsidy on train travel
- Annual leave: 28 days plus statutory days, with buy/sell flexibility
- Working pattern: Hybrid, 3 days in the office across London and Milton Keynes
- CIPS: Study support funded
- Multiple roles available within an actively growing team
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading end-to-end, over-threshold sourcing projects in a regulated procurement environment
- Developing sourcing strategies and producing full tender documentation
- Running pre-market engagement and complex commercial evaluations
- Negotiating with suppliers and delivering measurable savings
- Partnering with senior stakeholders across multiple internal functions
- Applying working knowledge of contract law and financial management to complex sourcing challenges
- Contributing to category strategy development and continuous improvement
What You’ll Need
- Public sector procurement experience (essential)
- Recent, demonstrable over-threshold tendering experience outside of a framework (essential)
- Strong working knowledge of PCR 2015 and/or the Procurement Act 2023
- Proven negotiation and stakeholder management at a senior level
- Based within 90 minutes of Milton Keynes and able to travel to MK one day per week
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